TURKEY'S ANCIENT CAPITAL-

One of the groat festivals in thc year for Mussulmans is the Kete of Kainas-.un, which lasts for
thirty days, the actual celebrations being always hcldafter mulninht. Above we .sec the Mosque
ilo Katih ut Stainboul (luring the progtcss of one of tlii'se festivals K;nna/,an, known also as
K;nn:u!an in certain (ountiirs, is thc month in \\liidi Hut Koian \\as revealel to Hi" Prophet.

Phaios; WMa World.
Istanbul, the old-timo capital of Turkoy, consistn of four main parts- Slamboul, Scutari,
Galata and Pcra—and \vc have in the; above picture a view of Pcra, as soon from th« minarets
or towers of the Ahmed Mosque. In this p'articular district we should find the principal shops,
and it ia hero that European residents or visitors arc most likely to stay.
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